Car alarm systems
You park your Chevy in the basement parking space in your apartment building every night. One fine morning, your Chevy has made a disappearing act. You leave your Ford at the kerb side outside a cafe and dash in for a quick cup of coffee. When you emerge after that refresher, you find you car gone. You did not really think someone would steal it in broad daylight, did you?
If you have found yourself in one of the above scenarios, you have made a serious blunder: you have failed to install a car alarm system. To prevent your wheels from performing a vanishing act, aided of course by car thieves, a good car alarm system is an absolute must. A car alarm system does have a nuisance value, since it can tend to go off accidentally at the faintest vibration from a passing vehicle. The constant sounds and lights create an annoying circus, disturbing the neighborhood. However, you just have to face those angry glares in order to protect your vehicle from thieving hands.
Modes of Activation
First off all you should know that an alarm system for your car could be activated in either a passive or an active manner. A passive system comes into effect without human intervention, the minute you exit your vehicle and lock all the doors. An active system, on the other hand, is one that involves you directly. You need to get the system into operation via a button, and again when you want it to go into a sleep form.
Buying & Installing Checklist
Operating an alarm system may involve pressing just one transmitter button, but what if there are multiple features Understanding all the features requires some time. So check out the system properly at the store itself and be comfortable with its usage. It should not happen that you yourself set off the alarm unnecessarily every time you get in your car and are mistaken to be a thief!
Do not be reluctant to hand over more dollars for a really good quality alarm system. After all, you are protecting many more dollars, namely, your vehicle.
A majority of alarm systems are covered by a minimum one-year warranty. Confirm all aspects of the warranty technical failures, circuit glitches, etc.
Ensure that the kit containing the alarm system has an owner?s manual that clearly explains all the features. It should also have installation as well as operational instructions.
Get an alarm system fitted that not only secures the doors and windows of your car, but also the trunk and bonnet. Outthink the thief by preventing an entry from any point!
Confirm that the alarm system that you are installing will get you a discount on insurance.
When having the car alarm system installed, find out if any changes have to be made to the dashboard.
Handy Tips
Install an alarm system in your car as soon as you buy it. Before even driving it home to show your family, first head to a reputed car accessory store and have the alarm system installed. In all the excitement of owning a car, whether mint new or secondhand, you are likely to forget the security measures for your wheels.
Install an alarm system in your car before you install any nifty interior lights, gizmos or gadgets.
Install an alarm system in your car at the hands of a professional. There are plenty of books and videos available on how to install it on your own, but why take the risk. Better to have it installed securely by an expert technician than botch it up by having it die on you at a crucial moment.
Install an alarm system that has a really good ear-splitting sound that should wake up even the soundest sleeper in the neighborhood.
Types of Car Alarms
A car alarm that emits a loud noise to immediately set a thief to break an athletics world record in sprinting.
A car alarm that prevents the vehicle from being driven away without a specified code. This type of alarm immobilizes the car completely.
A car alarm that has an inbuilt tracker to enable you to spring a surprise on the thief by locating the car after it has been stolen. Of course, do not try any grand heroic plans to find the car yourself! Leave the tracking to the efficient uniformed men in blue.
A car alarm that yells at a thief to get lost
A car alarm that smartly contacts the owner via a paging device
A car alarm that results in the headlamps or the interior lights to start flashing
A car alarm that sets off a tango between sounds and lights
Some Products Available & Costs
A very basic portable alarm having a remote for arming and disarming the alarm and two to three sensors could cost less than $80.
A combo kit comprising of car alarm, keyless entry and power door lock could have a starting price of about $100. It has a shock sensor, a panic feature and a built in relay for the parking lights to flash.
An alarm system with a dash mounted LED, headlight illumination, siren, remote transmitter and locking / unlocking features could be yours for about $120.
A more sophisticated car alarm that has an LCD Pager remote could cost over $200. It enables you to monitor your car from hundreds of feet away. The purpose of the display is to let you know if a thief has opened a door or any other section of the car, such as the trunk.
If you would like to have an alarm system with not only some of the above features, but also a camera that you can mount anywhere, you will get one for a little over $300 and could go up to over $600. The camera will capture the thief?s picture instantly. The bonus: it can capture images at night too!
The above-mentioned products are not the only ones or the best ones! Also, prices mentioned do not reflect actual costs. So as car thieves get smarter, you need to stay one leap ahead. Install a car alarm system pronto and secure your precious vehicle RIGHT NOW!
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